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Where does “schaply” come from?

schaply (Middle English) comes from Middle English -ly, from Old English -līċ, from Proto-Germanic *-līk.

Ancestry of “schaply”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-lyAlternative form of -liche
2Old English-līċsuffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning...
3Proto-Germanic*-līk—

Words derived from “schaply”

  • shapely
  • shapeliness
  • unshapely
  • unshapeliness
Every word from Proto-Germanic *-līk →